In the mid-2000s there was a bit of drama when Linux wireless driver code ended up in BSD (or maybe the other way around). The Internet was angry that day my friend; a bunch of nerds sperging out over licenses and which license is more "free". Ultimately the code was removed.
It sure seems like AI agents can sidestep all that by claiming ignorance on license matters.
If the Linux driver is GPL and he made the new driver using AI to essentially copy it then claim that the result wasn't covered by the GPL... It's an area not settled by law yet.
Still not as bad as the guy who paid for a commercial license for some Linux driver, fed it into Claude to get it to update it to the latest Linux, and then released it as GPL! That's definitely not a grey area.
In olden times someone trying to fix a BSD driver could have a peek at the GPL one, but that was gray area copyright wise (basically you would not admit it publicly for this reason). If a 850 billion USD company does it, then it's perfectly fine, it seems.
petcat|6 days ago
tokyobreakfast|6 days ago
It sure seems like AI agents can sidestep all that by claiming ignorance on license matters.
IshKebab|6 days ago
Still not as bad as the guy who paid for a commercial license for some Linux driver, fed it into Claude to get it to update it to the latest Linux, and then released it as GPL! That's definitely not a grey area.
https://youtu.be/xRvi3k8XV8E
Absolutely mental behaviour for a business. What were they thinking?
ahoka|5 days ago
stanac|6 days ago
melagonster|6 days ago